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By Leigh Neville
The patrol cars utilized by detailed Operations Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq differ really dramatically among the theaters in addition to among the Coalition contributors, and feature been constructed and upgraded to satisfy the calls for of the deployment. masking all of the significant Coalition countries, Leigh Neville keeps his examine the elite forces deployed in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom with this research in their vehicles.
Tracing the evolution of the car varieties, from their ancient precedents, via their designs to their operational advancements, he discusses their benefits and drawbacks, in addition to their tactical employment. From the mine-protected autos used to counter the IED hazard in Iraq, using Strykers as armored raiding structures by way of the USA Rangers, to the civilian autos tailored for army provider by way of either Coalition troops and personal army Contractors within the areas, this e-book makes use of infrequent in-theater pictures and colour art to teach the diversity and inventiveness of the patrol cars getting used in strive against this present day.
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The vehicle’s role as a mobile resupply point is well illustrated by the number of fuel cans in the rear bed; note also the collapsed casualty litter visible above the rearmounted spare tires. (Courtesy Rob C) vehicles have also been internally reinforced and blast-proofing added as an anti-mine/IED measure. For the battle in Iraqi cities, SOF began not only to up-armor their vehicles, but also up-gun them to assist in suppressing the large mobs of insurgents they were increasingly encountering.
Dagger, operating in GMVs, War Pigs, and NSTVs, was tasked to conduct the hunt for Scuds in a similar fashion to the missions conducted by them a decade earlier in the 1991 Gulf War. In addition, they carried out long-range vehicle- and helicopter-insertion SR missions, site seizures, and screening operations to ascertain Iraqi forces’ strength and dispositions. Alongside the Green Berets operated the largest Allied SOF component under Dagger command – the UKSF of Task Force 7 and the Australians of Task Force 64.
Com Mk 19s and M2s to buy time to deploy their Javelin anti-tank missiles. The Javelin proved supremely effective and stalled the armored attack until US Navy fast air support could be summoned to destroy the Iraqi T-55s, which had managed to hide behind a sand berm and thus beyond targeting by the line-of-sight Javelin. To the northwest of Task Force Viking operated two UKSF task forces known collectively as Task Force 7 – one half formed from B and D Squadrons, 22 SAS, and the other from C Squadron of the SBS.